Thanks again to JD and Erik for another great watch. You two are so different but work so well together. "OH" I can't remember the last time I heard the word "prophylactic."

@TheHistoryUnderground

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I love the artwork. It’s amazing how it’s survived all these years especially the coconut. 👍😁

@TheHistoryUnderground

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The coconut was one of my favorites.

Great Job JD and Erik! I'm always learning something from you and you keep it interesting! Thank you Both!

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Soldiers from wherever and in whatever conflict for their own sanity am sure needed to escape for a moment into art to help survive. Some in trenches in awful conditions and the soldiers still were attempting to find peace and beauty and occupy their minds. Some amazing art. Thank you.

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Pretty interesting to see what came out of those places.

@roadlizardcu8664

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground Indeed

It's amazing to see these war trophies, makes you think about how a lot of those young men that served in war were also creative, talented, and artistic, they were real people, not just cannon fodder we see dying in the movies. That beautifully painted coconut especially stands out to me as an artistic person myself, it's just really gorgeous and so very 1940s, back when things had _style_ . Excellent work as always JD, thank you for these!

Nice display. I have 2 Japanese helmets both from vets. Both minty nice completely. One has campaign's on paper glued to the helmet, the other just a super nice combat one

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Wow!

YES!!!!!! Here we go!

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I've read two books recently based around Pacific War. With the old breed by Eugine Sledge and Helmet for my pillow by Robert Leckie well worth a read.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Great books.

@Chiller01

Жыл бұрын

The basis of the television series “The Pacific.” A very compelling series.

@BigLisaFan

Жыл бұрын

Read both, incredible books, worthy of being in any one's library.

@andynjw1163

Жыл бұрын

@@BigLisaFan absolutely

Good morning JD Some more great artifacts 👍 I have a lot of European artifacts, but haven't begun to collect anything from the Pacific. I do have a talcum powder tin from the Australian comfort fund (I think) that was in the barn on the property I bought to build a house on. The former owner was in the Pacific in WWII.

@RLS-bu4bj

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Per my mom, who was 10 when the war ended, the Japanese stuff was always really what they wanted. Her neighbor got a flag and she was jealous. She only had one uncle in the Pacific, but he sent her a ring. She got mostly German stuff

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Really interesting stuff. I’ve got a decent amount but not as much as the European Theater.

Back home in the Philippines, when I was a kid,: I visited a friend's ancestral house up in Antipolo (which was on the side of a mountain). My friend would show me a small japanese tank, a badly damaged Nambu and several Japanese helmets encrusted in rust. I wish I had asked for those which I can carry with me!

@robertholmberg6485

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It is good to leave such things alone, as the Japanese booby trapped a lot of them hoping to take out of severely injure trophy-seeking American soldiers and Marines

That sign about the prophylactic!!! I bet he used that as a gag gift! I’d be in tears if my son sent me that!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 really cool art!

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Ha!

Great video mate I like the art work can't wait to see the next one 👍👍

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Thank you for sharing. I love that they painted on their helmets.

Really cool! Thank you for sharing with us!!!

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Glad that you enjoyed it!

Haha on that sign. I live 30 minutes south of Logansport, IN. LOL

@TheHistoryUnderground

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@JeffHokie

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground the house is still there btw. pretty cool

Always fascinating. Gr8 stories. I learn from U. Thanks

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Thanks!

Great as always. By the way I see on Instagram your at antietam. That is awesome, those 3 prisons u drove by on Sharpsburg pike, well I just retired as a lieutenant from 20 years of service. I worked in 2 of the 3 over the years. Anyhow looking forward to antietam, been there countless times. I am actually a distant relative of confederate Henry Kyd Douglas who a road near there is named from.

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Lol! Love the prophylactic sign 😂

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Thank You, Enjoyed this Very Much, so well done.😘👏

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Thanks!

i have been waiting for these kinds of episodes.my grandfather was a marine during ww2 and he wouldnt and didnt talk much about his time so i dont know exactly where he was but ive always tried to imagine

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Another fantastic video, love the investment you make in passing history to us, thank you

Thank you as always very interesting...very very informative!!!

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Another great video. Well done gentlemen!

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Helmet art! How random..... And brilliant. Military history is my thing. Your opening my eyes. 10/10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Cool. Thanks.

what i heard soldiers could use anything as mail and that is just too cool that soldier chose that sign. and funny how the sign didn't say "don"t enjoy the locals" it said just cover up. lol

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Always wanted one of these for my collection, such a cool piece of history.

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Pretty cool.

I like the back and forth with the Pacific Theater at The museum and on the battle feild. Now you need to get a coconut for your travels in the Pacific Theater

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Ha! I hear you.

Love the relics you showed in your video.its really fascinating to see the souvenirs they brought home. Love your u tube channel. You guys do an amazing job. Thanks for sharing. God bless Dave blackburn.

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Thanks!

Very cool unique items!!! Love the booby trap sign lmao!

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Great items and very interesting 👍

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Really neat war trophy items . Grande wow along with coconut 🥥 neat .

Eric, is a man who has so much history upstairs who needs to sit down himself J.D. With your help in recording everything he has in his museum, and the story’s behind them? Interesting story once again J.D.👏🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Loving these videos JD and Erik , keep up the great work. And the prophylactic was import tool in the arsenal of democracy, and we were instructed as well in there importance in the mid 80’s Navy as well.

Nice folk art from (almost) the front lines!

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Man’s need to express him/herself through art and music even in the most desperate of times seems universal.

Interesting video.

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Thanks!

🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏. Thank you for sharing

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Wow those were very interesting. Have you ever seen a cracked helmet like that before and what could've caused damage like that. What comes to mind is perhaps he was thrown so hard from a blast maybe. However it got there it must've hurt like hell and was probably followed by a long lasting headache

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Hard to say. Pretty interesting though.

More !

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Got a new episode of this series every week 🙂

@militariacollectablesbelgium

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@@TheHistoryUnderground can not wait to watch 🫣😋

War graffiti! Interesting, wonder if this custom is prevalent today? Great video. Thank you both of you!

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There was a photo I saw years ago showing entertainer Bob Hope signing a Japanese rising sun flag for an Australian soldier in New Guinea. Wonder where that flag is now.

My grandpa fight this war and it’s true you don’t hear or see you too much of that war

love the coconut - love the show - how much would a Japanese helmet fetch now

Someone had a little R&R to paint a coconut lol

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Just Google mapped 211 Cole Street and its still there. Only overhead satellite image available unfortunately

@TheHistoryUnderground

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Wow!

Bonsai!!

It’s the modern day version of collecting heads.

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Perhaps you can answer this question I've long held. Why when I was in school (during the 1950s and 1960s) we were taught well about the European theature of WWII, but other than Pearl Harbor and the atomic bombings, little was said of the Pacific Theatre. I never knew if that was because I was raised in "flyover" country or if these were racist implications. Any thoughts? Good report. Keep traveling.

@stevenm3823

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When it comes to the war in the Pacific most Americans just have a belief that Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec 7th and we then dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima on Dec 8th...their knowledge of the war is dismal, mostly based on highly inaccurate, bloodless, flag waving John Wayne propaganda films of the 1950s.....I suggest we have high school history teachers show their class the "The Pacific" mini series to give them a look at what went on between Dec 1941 and Sept 1945, and assign them books to read about the war and have classroom discussions about them.

@Chiller01

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I grew up in the 50’s & 60’s and the Pacific campaign was prominent in popular culture. I read Guadalcanal Diary at about 13 or 14. I knew of the battles of Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. At the time I sensed that, because the Japanese had attacked us, the Pacific Theatre held the greater emotional imperative ie retribution, vis a vis Europe. Just my experience though.

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Enjoying your history. Have you ever done anything about the soldier’s signing dollar bills of each other. ? Paper currency of other countries they visited. The signing of the dollar called a “short snorter “. To be like buying a drink for another soldier, if they were short of money. I have a roll of bills, inherited from my uncle. He had a roll of 8-9 currency bills taped together, with a lot of fellow soldiers autographs on each bill.

Hello sir how. Ur buy helmet japanes soulder

Do you know the difference in the Japanese battle flags with respect of where the ball is located? If the red ball is off set to the left, it is a Japanese Navy battle flag. If the ball is in the center, it denotes a Japanese Army battle flag.

@jamesruddy9264

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Thanks, I didn't know that!

The artwork is really interesting. I knew some guys who were very talented, If you told them what you wanted, for a few smokes they produced fantastic greeting cards etc. I would imagine there were a few artistically gifted soldiers in the unit and once off the line, for some consideration be it smokes, souvenirs etc, they would paint your trophy helmet. If I had to do one, it would look like a 5 year old did it, no talent at all. LOL

@TheHistoryUnderground

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@scottklocke891

Жыл бұрын

Clare Ravenwood, you have some artistic sensibilities in your appreciation of other folks talent. Artists always need some form of audience. 👍🏾😉

Interesting but confusing, the helmet is green be camouflaged so why would a soldier want to put a big bright target on it for the enemy to aim at. There has to be something I'm not getting.

@TheHistoryUnderground

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It was US soldiers or Maines who had painted it as a souvenir.

@kathleendaugherty4218

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@@TheHistoryUnderground I didn't think of that, thank goodness there is no such thing as a stupid question.

When I was about 10 or 11. Got to see a German helmet. With a bullet hole in it. And alot of dryed blood on the helmet liner. My DAD was going to buy it for me. But I had to pass on it.

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Thankfully it seems that the Japanese artifacts were not booby trapped. The Japanese would often booby trap helmets to take out or severely injure trophy-seeking Americans and/or natives of formerly occupied territories they would have to retreat from

My old man saw real combat unlike most of these trophy collectors. He had a Japanese Flag, a rifle and a sword. They sat in a box in our barn, not displayed. He returned them to Japan when he got older and got a nice letter for returning the sword because it made it's way back to the family of the fallen Japanese soldier. My Dad wanted NOTHING to do with remembering what happened over there. He was invited the the unveiling of the WWII Memorial in Washington DC, all expenses paid. He politely declined. That makes me proud of him. He understood what war really is.

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@williamthompson6264

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My Grand daddy saw real action over there, too. He also refrained from sharing memories. But, I have his trophies, as well as those of my other grandfather, who served in Africa, and Europe. I find it insulting to insinuate that those who collected trophies didn't really experience the war. Both of my grandfathers saw true action, and one grandfather received a Purple Heart from a bullet wound in the leg. The other suffered from Jungle Rot his entire life. He helped protect the Burma Road. So, maybe judge less. I respect every man, and woman who contributed to that effort. It took every single one of them to win.

The chin strap is not original on the plain helmet.

I think one of ugly uniform in armies is Japanese specialty In ww2